Castle – JjD

On the eve of the vernal equinox . . .

Published on March 19, 2019June 12, 2025 by Jen12 Comments

It is the eve of the vernal equinox, and so tomorrow is officially Spring !

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My niece, Miss Nineteen, is on break from college, and so we met at the Calistoga Roastery, then went of course, to the castle…

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I brought something along, the prototype of Golden Fields, to have a little impromptu photo shoot, as we always love to do!

She pulled it off beautifully, as always!

Golden Fields stole is a very personal creation from my own over-dyed UnSpun, and of which I’m proud of the epic amount of work that went into it, and ….

the pattern is available here.

So happy Spring everybody!

(( you can see the entire photo slide show by clicking first image in mosaic ))

Aria at the Castle.

Published on February 17, 2019May 24, 2024 by Jen7 Comments

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I met my niece . . . Miss Sixteen . . . at the castle yesterday,

so she could model my latest lace collection Aria With Variations.

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She was absolutely spectacular. I think she has really has mastered what is essential in modeling, having developed her character that is genuine and honest . . .

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So natural, with a hint of bashful, and a lot of charm.

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Here she is wearing Aria stole, in rose UnSpun 1100, in size 1,

and Variation One stole, in light grey UnSpun 880, in size 2.

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Really there needs to be nothing else said, because she in her lovely way, she says it all!

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( just click first image in mosaic to see the whole slideshow)

All posts in series Veils & Variations.

Sweater Success!

Published on November 21, 2018June 11, 2025 by Jen12 Comments

Yesterday I met my nieces in Calistoga at the Roastery, we had a little catching up over coffee & tea, then they put on their new Hillwalker sweaters, and this time we headed straight down to the Castle in St Helena for the photo shoot. They absolutely shone against the old hand-cut stone in their Autumn sweaters!

A fabulous time, and the usual stellar results! Oh, and behind the scenes my nieces are now also my assistants as well as my models, doing a great job of stepping in to preen as needed… real professionals! Click and check out these fun unexpected sneak shots…

Hillwalker pattern is available HERE.

But before you go, click on the first image in the mosaic, and view a much more extensive slide show of the whole photo shoot…